HUMARINA 1 3 1 



the ascus, ellipsoid, hyaline or very faintly yellowish, smooth, 

 10-11 X 18-20 m; paraphyses slender, slightly enlarged above, 

 where they reach a diameter of 2 n, yellowish. 



On bare ground. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: Delaware and Kentucky; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Cooke, Mycographia pi. 12, f. 46; Grevillea 

 Z: p]. 31 J. 75. 



14. Humarina ochroleuca (Clements) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Humana ochroleuca Clements, Bull. Torrey Club 30: 91. 1903. 



Apothecia solitary, sessile or contracted below into a stem- 

 like base, cupulate, finally expanded, reaching a height of 2-6 

 mm. and a diameter of 3-6 mm., yellowish-white, margin 

 crenulate; hymenium at first concave, becoming plane or occa- 

 sionally convex, the color similar to that of the outside of the 

 apothecium; asci cylindric above, long-stipitate below, reaching 

 a length of 275 /x and a diameter of 11-12 /x, 8-spored; spores 

 irregularly 1-seriate, ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 11 X 19 m; pa- 

 raphyses slender, about 3 /x in diameter, slightly enlarged above. 



Among mosses. 



Type locality: Engelmann Canyon, Colorado. 



Distribution: Colorado. 



ExsiccATi: Clements, Crypt. Form. Colo. 113. 



15. Humarina rufa (Pers.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Peziza rufa Pers. Obs. Myc. 2: 79. 1799. 

 Peziza rubricosa Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 72. 1822. 

 Leucoloma rubricosa Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 318. 1869. 

 Humaria rubricosa Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 138. 1889. 



Apothecia scattered, sessile or tapering below into a stem- 

 like base, externally rough, orange, reaching a diameter of 1-4 

 mm.; hymenium a little concave to nearly plane, orange, a 

 little darker than the exterior of the apothecium, excipulum 

 giving rise to a palisade of mycelium above, the loose ends of 

 which form a fringe-like border, are clavate and reach a diameter 

 of 10 M, hyaline; asci rather broad-cylindric or clavate, reaching 

 a length of 75 jx and a diameter of 20 m at their apices, 8-spored ; 

 spores 2-seriate or irregularly crowded above, partially 1-seriate 

 below, narrow-ellipsoid, often curved or unequal-sided, con- 

 taining two oil-drops, hyaline, 9-10 X 20-23 m; paraphyses en- 

 larged above, reaching a diameter of 7-8 ju. 



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